Job Summary
Are you an enthusiastic, experienced systemic family therapist with a passion for providing and developing quality specialist Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services for young people? We want you to join an expanding service recognised by the Care Quality Commission as outstanding.
In CYP MH East Lancashire (Child and Young People Mental Health East Lancashire) we have well established Consultant‑led teams providing specialist mental health services across East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen. This is an exciting time to join our team as a Lead family therapist as we build on our existing track record and develop our range of services in line with a regional transformation programme modelled on Thrive.
Main Duties
We are looking for a committed Lead Family Therapist who is passionate about working with children and young people with complex presentations, and who is also interested in wider CYPMH – East Lancashire development initiatives. This role is open to a qualified Systemic Family Therapist with a qualification as Systemic Family Therapist registered with UKCP.
Key responsibilities and competencies include:
* Experience of working with children and young people
* Experience of work within a multi‑disciplinary team
* Ability to act as a clinical supervisor to Family Therapist, trainees and colleagues
* Ability to relate and provide accessible services to a diverse community
* Ability to efficiently manage a caseload and knowledge in risk management and safeguarding
About Us
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care. The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well‑being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
We encourage flexible working with a range of patterns including term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi‑time and career breaks.
Position Details
* Date posted: 28 October 2025
* Pay scheme: Agenda for change
* Band: 8a
* Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum
* Contract: Permanent
* Working pattern: Part‑time
* Reference number: 351‑SPS1507‑CLK
* Job location: CYPMH Community Team East Lancs, Burnley, BB10 2PQ
Person Specification
Education
* Systemic Family Psychotherapist registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) via the College of Family Couple and Systemic Therapy, with demonstrable practice.
* Active UKCP registration
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
Knowledge
* Skills in the use of complex methods of assessment, intervention and management.
* Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing appropriate to a variety of audiences.
* Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non‑professional groups.
Experience
* Consolidated experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of children, young people and their families/carers.
* Experience of working with presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and threat of physical abuse.
* Experience of delivering family and systemic supervision.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a Disclosure and Barring Service check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer Details
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
CYPMH Community Team East Lancs, Burnley, BB10 2PQ
Employer’s website: https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/
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